diff --git a/backend/src/BigRegister.Api/Domain/Diplomas/DiplomaRules.cs b/backend/src/BigRegister.Api/Domain/Diplomas/DiplomaRules.cs
index cc2a2bc..effe9b8 100644
--- a/backend/src/BigRegister.Api/Domain/Diplomas/DiplomaRules.cs
+++ b/backend/src/BigRegister.Api/Domain/Diplomas/DiplomaRules.cs
@@ -19,44 +19,20 @@ public static class DiplomaRules
   /// <summary>Professions a user may declare for a manual (unlisted) diploma.</summary>
   public static IReadOnlyList<string> ManualProfessions() => Professions.All();
 
-  // --- Policy questions (geldigheidsvragen) ---
-
-  private static readonly PolicyQuestion NlTaalEngelstalig = new(
-      "nl-taalvaardigheid",
-      "Uw opleiding was Engelstalig. Beheerst u de Nederlandse taal op het vereiste niveau (B2)?",
-      QuestionType.JaNee);
-
-  private static readonly PolicyQuestion NlTaalManual = new(
-      "nl-taalvaardigheid",
-      "Beheerst u de Nederlandse taal op het vereiste niveau (B2)?",
-      QuestionType.JaNee);
-
-  private static readonly PolicyQuestion DiplomaErkend = new(
-      "diploma-erkend",
-      "Is uw diploma erkend door de Nederlandse overheid (bijv. via Nuffic)?",
-      QuestionType.JaNee);
-
-  private static readonly PolicyQuestion Toelichting = new(
-      "toelichting",
-      "Geef een korte toelichting op uw diploma en opleiding.",
-      QuestionType.Tekst);
-
   /// <summary>
-  /// RULE: an English-language diploma requires proof of Dutch proficiency (B2).
-  /// Add a question here to apply it to a (set of) diploma(s) — a single backend
-  /// change, no frontend change.
+  /// RULE: an English-language diploma requires proof of Dutch proficiency (B2). Which
+  /// question applies is the rule; its wording is stamdata in <see cref="PolicyQuestions"/>.
   /// </summary>
   public static IReadOnlyList<PolicyQuestion> QuestionsFor(Diploma d)
   {
     var questions = new List<PolicyQuestion>();
     if (d.Engelstalig)
-      questions.Add(NlTaalEngelstalig);
+      questions.Add(PolicyQuestions.NlTaalEngelstalig);
     return questions;
   }
 
   /// <summary>
   /// RULE: a manual diploma is unverified, so the strictest (maximal) set applies.
   /// </summary>
-  public static IReadOnlyList<PolicyQuestion> ManualQuestions() =>
-      new[] { NlTaalManual, DiplomaErkend, Toelichting };
+  public static IReadOnlyList<PolicyQuestion> ManualQuestions() => PolicyQuestions.ManualSet;
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/BigRegister.Api/Stamdata/PolicyQuestions.cs b/backend/src/BigRegister.Api/Stamdata/PolicyQuestions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f496fd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/BigRegister.Api/Stamdata/PolicyQuestions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+using BigRegister.Domain.Diplomas;
+
+namespace BigRegister.Stamdata;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// BUSINESS-EDITABLE STAMDATA (config-as-code). The geldigheidsvragen (policy questions)
+/// shown for a diploma, and their exact wording. This is the text the business tunes.
+///
+/// Change it by editing this file and opening a PR — NOT via a production database. The
+/// compiler catches shape/type mistakes; <c>StamdataValidationTests</c> catches the rest
+/// (blank ids/wording, duplicate ids). See ADR-0004.
+///
+/// This is DATA, not logic: WHICH questions apply to which diploma (English → B2, manual →
+/// maximal set) is a rule and stays in <c>DiplomaRules</c>.
+/// </summary>
+public static class PolicyQuestions
+{
+  public static readonly PolicyQuestion NlTaalEngelstalig = new(
+      "nl-taalvaardigheid",
+      "Uw opleiding was Engelstalig. Beheerst u de Nederlandse taal op het vereiste niveau (B2)?",
+      QuestionType.JaNee);
+
+  public static readonly PolicyQuestion NlTaalManual = new(
+      "nl-taalvaardigheid",
+      "Beheerst u de Nederlandse taal op het vereiste niveau (B2)?",
+      QuestionType.JaNee);
+
+  public static readonly PolicyQuestion DiplomaErkend = new(
+      "diploma-erkend",
+      "Is uw diploma erkend door de Nederlandse overheid (bijv. via Nuffic)?",
+      QuestionType.JaNee);
+
+  public static readonly PolicyQuestion Toelichting = new(
+      "toelichting",
+      "Geef een korte toelichting op uw diploma en opleiding.",
+      QuestionType.Tekst);
+
+  /// <summary>The maximal set applied to an unverified (manual) diploma.</summary>
+  public static readonly IReadOnlyList<PolicyQuestion> ManualSet =
+      new[] { NlTaalManual, DiplomaErkend, Toelichting };
+
+  /// <summary>Every question defined here — used by the stamdata validation gate.</summary>
+  public static readonly IReadOnlyList<PolicyQuestion> All =
+      new[] { NlTaalEngelstalig, NlTaalManual, DiplomaErkend, Toelichting };
+}
diff --git a/backend/tests/BigRegister.Tests/StamdataValidationTests.cs b/backend/tests/BigRegister.Tests/StamdataValidationTests.cs
index aa927f7..6b440f5 100644
--- a/backend/tests/BigRegister.Tests/StamdataValidationTests.cs
+++ b/backend/tests/BigRegister.Tests/StamdataValidationTests.cs
@@ -38,4 +38,21 @@ public class StamdataValidationTests
     Assert.NotEmpty(professions);
     Assert.Equal(professions.Count, professions.Distinct().Count());
   }
+
+  [Fact]
+  public void Every_policy_question_has_an_id_and_wording()
+  {
+    Assert.All(PolicyQuestions.All, q =>
+    {
+      Assert.False(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(q.Id), "A policy question has a blank id.");
+      Assert.False(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(q.Vraag), $"Policy question '{q.Id}' has blank wording.");
+    });
+  }
+
+  [Fact]
+  public void Manual_question_set_has_distinct_ids() // no field is asked twice
+  {
+    var ids = PolicyQuestions.ManualSet.Select(q => q.Id).ToList();
+    Assert.Equal(ids.Count, ids.Distinct().Count());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/docs/reference/architecture/0004-stamdata-as-code.md b/docs/reference/architecture/0004-stamdata-as-code.md
index a69f5ab..7dde07c 100644
--- a/docs/reference/architecture/0004-stamdata-as-code.md
+++ b/docs/reference/architecture/0004-stamdata-as-code.md
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ everyone. Stamdata (the rules and reference tables the whole register runs on) s
 - **−** A change needs the PR pipeline — not instant, and a non-developer may need dev
   assistance to edit C# (mitigated later by a low-code editor that emits a PR, or by a
   data-file format if hand-editing ergonomics ever outweigh maximal compile-time safety).
-- **Pilot shipped with this ADR:** the profession↔diploma map extracted to
-  `Stamdata/Professions.cs`, `DiplomaRules` refactored to consume it (behaviour unchanged),
-  and `StamdataValidationTests` added. Policy-question text and document-category
-  definitions follow the same pattern as obvious next steps; not moved yet.
+- **Shipped with this ADR:** the profession↔diploma map (`Stamdata/Professions.cs`) and the
+  policy-question wording (`Stamdata/PolicyQuestions.cs`) extracted from `DiplomaRules`,
+  which now consumes both (behaviour unchanged), guarded by `StamdataValidationTests`.
+  Document-category definitions follow the same pattern as the obvious next step; not moved
+  yet.